xvi, 360 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index

The problem of Donatism : origins of the schism -- Carthage and Numidia -- Town and country in Roman Africa -- The geographical distribution of Donatism -- North Africa in the Fourth Century A.D. -- The religious background of Donatism -- The expansion of Christianity in North Africa -- Factors relating to the conversion of North Africa to Christianity -- African church divisions in the time of Tertullian, A.D. 197-225 -- The African Church in the time of Cyprian -- Constantine and the Donatist Church, A.D. 313-37 -- The consolidation of Donatism, A.D. 337-63 -- The age of Parmenian, A.D. 363-91 -- The rule of Optatus and Gildo, A.D. 386-98 -- St. Augustine and the Donatists -- The eclipse of Donatism, A.D. 399-410 -- The Conference of Carthage, A.D. 411 -- The aftermath of the Conference, A.D. 412-29 -- The last phase : Donatism in Vandal and Byzantine Africa -- Two cities, two churches

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